Joint Resolution Declaring
that a state of war exists between the Imperial German Government and the
Government and the people of the United States and making provision to
prosecute the same.

Whereas the Imperial German
Government has committed repeated acts of war against the Government and the
people of the United States of America; Therefore be it Resolved by the
Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress Assembled, that
the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German
Government which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby
formally declared; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized
and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United
States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the
Imperial German Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful
termination all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the
Congress of the United States.

CHAMP CLARK
Speaker of the House of Representatives
THOS. R. MARSHALL
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate